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You cherry picked two minor quibbles – both of which the quibbler (John Siracusa, not Gruber) admitted were minor – which were part of a litany of complaints ab
by sant0sk1 15y ago
You cherry picked two minor quibbles – both of which the quibbler (John Siracusa, not Gruber) admitted were minor – which were part of a litany of complaints about the book. He has so many problems with it that he didn't even finish in a single sitting.
Clear, penetrating, insightful criticism, indeed.
- jiggy2011 15y agoMaybe I'm just a slow reader but according to amazon the book is 656 pages long, I've never read a book of that length in a single sitting.
- ugh 15y agoHe didn’t finish his complaints in one seventy minute podcast. It’s actually a great and hilarious podcast – independently of what you think about Jobs. Siracusa is in his element.
- pwthornton 15y agoIt may have been Siracusa's finest hour. He should start a book review podcast series called "OCD Book Reviews."
- jiggy2011 15y agoAh, that's reassuring! I was worried I would be relegated to the HN 'slow readers class' :) I'll try and listen to it later, although I've never read the book. Reading stuff about people usually doesn't interest me, besides the obvious computer stuff is jobs really a particularly interesting guy? I know he did allot of drugs but so have about half the people I know socially.
- ugh 15y agoIf you want to listen to the podcast skip to 18:00. That’s when Siracusa starts with the book review. All the other stuff can be safely ignored if you are a first-time listener.